27/07/2017

How to Score High marks in the SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam 2017

How to Score High marks in the SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam 2017: Getting 140 or Above Marks in SSC CGL Tier I needs some smart work. We have been receiving a lot of queries about strategy for getting better marks in SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam. As everybody knows the exam is tough and so as the competition. There is a cut throat competition up
ahead. Therefore, to help you in the otherwise daunting task, here are some tips and tricks that you can go
through to crack SSC CGL Tier I Exam.

Candidates are confused which order they should follow, how much time should be given to each section and having many other apprehensions. As this is the first and most important phase of SSC CGL exam, here we have come up with some smart way rather than giving you random strategy for the much awaited SSC CGL 2017 exam.

SSC CGL is one of the most popular Government job opportunity for the graduates in India. Lakhs of candidates appear for this exam every year. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts this Combined Graduate Level (CGL) for recruitment to non-technical Group B and Group C non-gazetted posts in various departments and ministries of the Government of India.

Score 140 or Above Marks in SSC CGL Tier 1

Before proceeding further, first let’s discuss about the pattern of SSC CGL Tier 1 examination.

Subject

Questions

Total Marks

General Intelligence
& Reasoning

25

50

General Awareness

25

50

Quantitative Aptitude

25

50

English Language

25

50

Total

100

200

The CGL Tier 1 exam will be an online test. You will get 60 minutes to attempt all the 100 questions. There is no sectional time limit so you have the liberty to attempt various sections in any order you want. The cutoff for the exam is overall and not section wise. Each question will carry 2 marks with a penalty of 0.5 marks if done wrong. So it becomes quite important for you to maintain accuracy otherwise instead of going two steps forward, you may end up half a step behind.

Study Plan to Get High Marks in SSC CGL

Well planned preparation can help you clear the exam in first attempt. Before you begin your preparation you should know about what to prepare for the exam because if you do not know correctly as what you have to study, your preparation can never be correct. A minimum of 10 hours should be put in daily for the preparation of the. Check out the daily time allocation to study for SSC CGL 2017.

General intelligence: 2 hours

General awareness: 2.5 hours

Mathematics: 3 hours

English: 2.5 hours

Now let’s go through every section individually and device a strategy that can give you the impetus you require to ace this exam.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Reasoning is purely based on logic and is not just a mathematical skill. So, this section needs much attention as it is quite a tricky one to solve. However, it is advised that you allocate not more than 20 minutes to this section. The mantra here is to practice all the type of questions as many times as you can. Below are some important topics that should be done in order to get good marks.

The Quantitative Aptitude section may be the most difficult and time consuming section among all the sections of the Tier I paper. Before you start preparing for this section, just keep in mind that quantitative aptitude is not only important for Tier I, but also for Tier II.so what you need to do is to practice all variety of questions with their shortcut techniques( if any) to solve them in the split of a second. The syllabus includes the following topics:

Number Systems

Simple Interest & Compound Interest

Time & Work

Time & Distance

Profit & Loss

Percentage, Allegations

Mensuration

Geometry

Trigonometry

Average, Ratio and Proportion

Probability

Data interpretation

General English

English Language is one such section that can place you in a better position in the recruitment process. This section demands your skills in Basic English Language Comprehension, Vocabulary and Grammar. If you could attain proficiency in English, half the job is done for you. This section is also there in Tier II exams. So, you should practice reading a lot and make reading your daily habit. Apart from reading, you have to solve mock test papers. Topics to give more focus on are:

This is the most scoring section of the SSC CGL Tier I paper. If you are well prepared in this section, it would take you no more than 10-15 minutes in attempting the entire section. This section is quite vast and requires a huge dedication. The exam usually has more questions from static GK than Current Affairs. Therefore, you must solve previous year’s papers and stay in touch with daily current affairs. Grab the complete knowledge of History, Geography, Polity, Economics and General Science as well.